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Planning board vice chair running for district seat on County Council Plus: Candidates file for state Senate, Gaithersburg council May 3, 2021 | 9:57 am May 3, 2021 share this Natali Fani-Gonzalez, the vice chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, has filed to run for County Council in District 4. The District 4 seat which includes Wheaton, Colesville, Olney and Laytonsville is currently held by County Council Member Nancy Navarro, who is term-limited and can’t run for re-election. Fani-Gonzalez, who has lived in the district for 20 years, said in a phone interview on Friday afternoon that she will focus on several issues in her campaign, including cyclist and pedestrian safety, job growth, living wages, and environmental concerns. ....
Lower speed limits, bicycle lanes, crosswalks part of new road safety goals County to collect 2030 Vision Zero feedback before publishing final draft in July April 22, 2021 | 8:36 am April 22, 2021 Lower speed limits, new bike lanes and sidewalks, and more speed and red light cameras are in Montgomery County’s plans to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by 2030. A draft Vision Zero 2030 Action Plan released on April 15 includes 45 “action” items to help reduce injuries and fatal crashes. In the county alone, 163 people died on roadways between 2015 and 2019. Since implementing, in November 2017, the county’s first Vision Zero plan, 7,421 arrests were made for driving while impaired and more than 1.2 million citations were issued by automatic speed enforcement. ....